hohsinu

Old English

Alternative forms

• hōhsino

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hasinu, from Proto-Germanic *hanhasinwō; equivalent to hōh (“heel”) +‎ sinu (“sinew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxoːx.si.nu/, [ˈhoːx.si.nu]

Noun

hohsinu f

1. hamstring

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hōhsinu	hōhsina, hōhsine
accusative	hōhsine	hōhsina, hōhsine
genitive	hōhsine	hōhsina
dative	hōhsine	hōhsinum

Descendants

• Middle English: hokschyne, *hoxene (often remodelled after schyne "shin")
  • English: huxen, huckson, huxon, huckshin, hucksheen (influenced by shin) (dialectal, obsolete)

References

• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hōh-seonu”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.